Sun Jul 18, 2004, 07:52pm
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In Memoriam
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Hell
Posts: 20,211
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Originally posted by blindzebra
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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
If another player touched the ball anytime during that fumble though, team control is immediately lost-
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Since when did "touching" a loose ball establish team control? Team A can only lose team control if there is a try or tap for goal, if there is a dead ball or if team B gains team control. For team B to gain team control, one of B's players would have to establish player control. That means a team B player would have to be dribbling or holding a live ball inbounds.
I guess you could rule that, if following the touch by B1, the ball hit the floor, it was a dribble by B1. However, whether you can or cannot continue a dribble is determined by player, not team, control.
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This is another one of those,"There is not a play in the case book to cover this," situations.
4-15-4-d says B1 touching ENDS the dribble, but it does not say it ends A1's ended dribble.
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The rules reference would be Rule 9-5-3- "A player shall not dribble a second time after his/her first dribble has ended, unless it is after he/she has lost control because of a pass or fumble which has then touched, or been touched by, another player".
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